I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption
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First you cause a trainwreck, then they put me in traction, mmm
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Well first came an action and then a reaction
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But you can't switch 'em 'round for your own satisfaction
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Well you burnt my house down then got mad at my reaction
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Well in every complicated situation of a human relation
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Making sense of it all takes a whole lot of concentration, mmm
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Well you can't blame a baby for her pregnant ma
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And if there's one of these unavoidable laws
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It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause
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Well, you can't take the effect and make it the cause
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I didn't rob a bank because you made up the law
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Blame me for robbing peter, but don't you blame Paul
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Can't take the effect and make it the cause
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I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call
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You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall, heh
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Yeah, well, I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact, the reverse
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But if you're headed to the grave you don't blame the hearse
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You're like a little girl yelling at her brother 'cause you lost his ball
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Well, you keep blaming me for what you did, but that ain't all
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The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause, yeah
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You seem to forget just how this all started
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I'm reacting to you because you left me broken-hearted
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See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause
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Well, you can't take the effect and make it the cause
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I didn't rob a bank because you made up the law
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Blame me for robbing peter, but don't you blame Paul
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Can't take the effect and make it the cause
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Effect And Cause
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